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The party buys two goats from a goat herder as part of a plan.
The plan falls apart as the party quickly begins fighting the divebombing thunderbirds.
A most excellent tactic involves a combination of Kal and Ser Shadow clinging to the mother thunderbird, weighing her down.
Despite Kal being knocked unconscious, the party if is victorious, killing off one smaller, male thunderbird and wounding the others. A handful of feathers fall from each bird and Yornan recovers two slightly crispy ones from the dead male.
The party approaches a nest containing four babies and - before getting much closer - Yornan flame strikes them, burning them all to a crisp. But, he does reveal a secret entrance to a temple behind the nest.
Within the temple, the party interacts with some friendly talking cups, pours water on an altar, and collects a rusty dagger hidden within.
As they do this, a Storm Giant that heard the goings on arrives, is upset, and reaches into the tunnel trying to grab the party. A combination of fire and spectral guardians forces the giant to withdraw his arm, and then Ser Shadow throws the dagger, burying it directly in the giant’s eyeball as he peers within. Enraged, the giant takes off with the dagger.
Uncertain whether the two feathers is enough, the party follows the mother - with the help of Locate Animal - to another cave near the top of a nearly sheer, 200' cliff.
Ser Shadow freeballs a climb down to the cave, sees the mother within, and then as he is climbing back up, slips and falls 170' to his death. The party tries to reach him in time, but Ser Shadow fails all of his death saving throws (including rolling three 1’s in a row).
Kal lowers himself on a rope and enters the cave and kills the injured mother.
Yornan pulls the Lamp of Al-Arakh out of Ser Shadow’s pack, summons the Djinn, and makes a deal. In return for bringing Ser Shadow back to life, Ser Shadow will finish his training as a Wind Walker in 30 days or the Djinn will kill Yornan and Ser Shadow.
Ser Shadow reappears - but due to some as yet undetermined reconning retconning - seems to not quite be himself, although no one knows why.
The party heads back to the village, climbs the cliff, and puts the feathers in the thunderbird statues. The reactivated thunderbirds flap their wings, create gale force winds, and more or less blow the Polonians off the plateau. Some fall to their death, others flee as they can.